First Day of School in "The Bluest Eye" Analytical Essay by Top Papers
First Day of School in "The Bluest Eye"
An analysis of the introductory section in Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye".
# 140942
| 750 words
| 1 source
| MLA
| 2008
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The paper discusses how in "The Bluest Eye", the opening section is called "Autumn," and it first evokes one of the major seasonal events of childhood for that time of year, that being going back to school. The paper examines the section that follows, an introductory section creating a mental image of the first days of school when children learn to read. The paper discusses how the author does this by using the form of the first-grade reader known to generations of children by its simple story of Dick and Jane and their parents.
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""The Bluest Eye" was Toni Morrison's first novel. The opening section is called "Autumn," and it first evokes one of the major seasonal events of childhood for that time of year, that being going back to school. The section follows an introductory section creating a mental image of the first days of school when children learn to read, and the author does this by using the form of the first-grade reader known to generations of children by its simple story of Dick and Jane and their parents. In this case, though, the evocation is also skewed, for the story is told three times in an increasingly rapid way, showing a certain degree of desperation as the author recalls that story and links it to the family in..."Cite this Analytical Essay:
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